Nora Saks

Timber harvesters and haulers are the backbone of Maine’s $8 billion forest products industry. But the most forested state in the country is losing loggers, fast.

Three separate small plane crashes in Maine have claimed the lives of two people and injured two more in the past two weeks.

Brunswick police say a vehicle crashed into a sports complex Thursday morning while patrons were inside playing tennis and exercising.

The new 10 classroom facility near Cooks Corner is a partnership between the Bath Area Family YMCA, Bath Iron Works, and the U.S. Navy. It provides up to 120 priority spots for employees at the shipyard, who build warships for the Navy.

The state Department of Marine Resources says it has dealt with three separate, large whale entanglements off the coast of Maine in the past month. Only one of the whales was successfully disentangled.

A state fund that incentivizes Maine public schools to purchase food directly from local producers is expanding this year. State officials say a new law is helping each dollar a school spends on local food go further.

A new food truck popped up on State Road in West Bath last month, and it’s quickly becoming a local institution. But for Dan Crocker, the man behind the griddle – this isn't life in the fast lane; it’s a victory lap. Crocker just retired from a career as a well-established chef in the world of global motorsports.

State officials are warning of an increased presence of hammerhead worms, a non-native terrestrial flat worm that feeds on worms and other grubs.

A large great white shark was spotted on the morning of Monday, Aug. 11, in Saco Bay, near Scarborough Beach State Park and Higgins Beach, and again Tuesday morning off Pine Point Beach. There are no beach closures in effect at this time.

Maine fishermen and scientists are collaborating on a new tool to help study a warmer water fish species and assess its potential as a future commercial fishery in the rapidly warming Gulf of Maine.